Death On The Nile & They Do It With Mirrors. Heron Collected Works

by Agatha Christie

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Agatha Christie

Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[gillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

They Do it with Mirrors received very poor ratings so I only finished the Agatha Christie classic, Death on the Nile. I oscillated between the audiobook and the hardcover and had to remark that the audiobook was incredibly well done, especially with the narration by David Suchet. I kept thinking how similar he sounded to Poirot in the TV show and didn’t think to check the credits until the very end, when I realized it WAS Poirot from the TV show.

I ate this book up as soon as I started and have a soft spot in my heart for Agatha Christie, excluding her various uses of queer in an unsavory manner. It was a great build up, the amount of red herrings and side stories were just enough to throw me off but not too much to make the storyline overly complicated. A great read and one that I will rank highly on my list of Best Agatha Christie novels.

[Dr.J.G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Death on the Nile

One of the most famous from this writer, not the least due to the spectacular film - the story does lend itself to a spectacular film, rather. A beautiful young woman who is a rich heiress, with a brand new handsome bridegroom, setting out on her honeymoon - only, he had unceremoniously ditched his previous lover when he saw the beauty he married, and it so happened the two young women had been best friends, in fact that is how the couple had met. Now, the spurned lover is haunting them on the honeymoon, she is there everywhere they can and do go, no matter how carefully they camouflage their plans. Finally they are on a cruise on the Nile together, and she joins the cruise just as they are congratualting each other. Now there is no escape. And then begin the deaths...

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[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

I only read Death on the Nile but it was a great murder mystery, classic but timeless! So many twists and turns.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

love me some classic Agatha

[Kirsten · Rating 4 out of 5]

just read death on the nile. It was a little slow but good- rented the movie and hated it!

[Balika · Rating 3 out of 5]

excellent beach read. eased the mind.

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only reread "Death on the Nile." For some reason, I can't find it as a separate entry.

[Cheryl]

I've sheved it for the moment, I find it slow to gain any affection with the main characters. I will give it another go some time in the future.

[Ed Lehman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just read Death on the Nile. Good Reads doesn't have it as a separate entry.

An ok read.... the ending was a little over the top and convoluted though.

[Dan Verkys]

A little dull